paternal.
Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family.
Meaning & usage
Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family.
paternal grandfather
Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family. Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.
Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family. Received or inherited from one's father.
Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family. Acting as a father.
Where this word comes from
From Old French paternal (“of a father”) (12th c.), from Vulgar Latin paternālis (“paternal”), from Latin paternus (“of or pertaining to a father, paternal”), from pater (“father”).
A person related through the father, or his side of the family; a paternal relative.
Where this word comes from
From Old French paternal (“of a father”) (12th c.), from Vulgar Latin paternālis (“paternal”), from Latin paternus (“of or pertaining to a father, paternal”), from pater (“father”).
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